Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Ralph Went to Court, sentence 48
So the porter went back to the gate and opened it, saying to the Charcoal-burner, "Enter, man; but I have no leisure to seek for this Wymond for whom you ask.
Who acts: porter, Charcoal burner · What happens: go back, open, say, have, seek, ask · To what, where: gate, Charcoal burner, leisure · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France» by Alfred John Church, How Ralph Went to Court. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (porter, Charcoal burner), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.
Mova's own parse. This tree may be wrong.
The tree
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | So | so | ADV | _ | 4 went | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 porter | det |
| 3 | porter | porter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 went | nsubj |
| 4 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | back | back | ADV | _ | 4 went | advmod |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 gate | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 gate | det |
| 8 | gate | gate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 went | obl |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 opened | cc |
| 10 | opened | open | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 went | conj |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 opened | obj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 saying | punct |
| 13 | saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 10 opened | advcl |
| 14 | to | to | ADP | _ | 18 burner | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 burner | det |
| 16 | Charcoal | charcoal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 burner | compound |
| 17 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 16 Charcoal | punct |
| 18 | burner | burner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 saying | obl |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 Enter | punct |
| 20 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 21 Enter | punct |
| 21 | Enter | Enter | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 burner | appos |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 man | punct |
| 23 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 burner | conj |
| 24 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 27 have | punct |
| 25 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 27 have | cc |
| 26 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 27 have | nsubj |
| 27 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 went | conj |
| 28 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 29 leisure | det |
| 29 | leisure | leisure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 have | obj |
| 30 | to | to | PART | _ | 31 seek | mark |
| 31 | seek | seek | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 29 leisure | acl |
| 32 | for | for | ADP | _ | 34 Wymond | case |
| 33 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 34 Wymond | det |
| 34 | Wymond | Wymond | PROPN | Number=Sing | 31 seek | obl |
| 35 | for | for | ADP | _ | 36 whom | case |
| 36 | whom | whom | PRON | PronType=Rel | 31 seek | obl |
| 37 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 38 ask | nsubj |
| 38 | ask | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 36 whom | acl:relcl |
| 39 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 went | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go back | past | the porter | to the gate result | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to gate=Result | ||||
| 2 | open | past | the porter not said here | gate | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme | ||||
| 3 | say speech: assert | gerund | the porter not said here | the Charcoal burner and man | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to burner=Recipient | ||||
| 4 | have in a quote | present | the porter = porter | no leisure | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leisure=Patient | ||||
| 5 | seek in a quote | to-infinitive | the porter = porter not said here | no leisure not said here | for this Wymond; for no leisure | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent for wymond=Theme | |||
| 6 | ask speech: ask in a quote | present | the Charcoal burner and man = burner | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.
Text: «Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France» by Alfred John Church, Project Gutenberg book 75339 (public domain in the USA). Tree: Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), the chapter read in order.
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